Ben 10

Ben turned 10 on November 5th. He enjoyed celebrating, getting great presents, including the 3D- DS he has been begging for. When we asked him what he wanted to do on his birthday. He said he wanted everyone to stay in their pajamas all day and do nothing. He didn't have to tell me twice. We had a great family day with no errands, cleaning or even cooking! HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEN!!!!!!!!

Just Say No

This picture is a perfect example of what happens when you give into pressure from your peers. See exhibit A (well really my only exhibit) What you see is a rod with pins. It was placed in Kevin's wrist on Friday in a 31/2 hour long surgery. See the "missing pin" it broke off while placing this inside him. The tried to find it for quite sometime, but never did. Kevin is in a lot of pain right now, will be for quite some time and will be in a cast for 3 months.
This is proof, that even at the age of 40 something, you still give into peer pressure.
Kevin went to a cub scout meeting with Ben. They were earning their athletic badge. Kevin said they were encouraged to participate and he would have felt bad not doing it for Ben. So really he had some Daddy guilt! The other, not so son pleasing dads, who are CLOSE to 40 something, sat down and said NO WAY! Not Kevin- as he rounded a turn in the parking lot, he slipped on the gravel and the rest is our nightmare.
Do you think Kevin will still get his athletic patch??????

UNI Interlude Dance

http://youtu.be/LiKHDrjfJos

I feel like I am living under a rock. While at Homecoming this year my friends in Iowa could not believe I had never heard of the interlude dance. It started at UNI- Didn't know that. Pretty fun to see though.

UNI HOMECOMING

We were able to go back to Iowa to celebrate UNI's Homecoming and visit with our friends. Kevin and I met on Homecoming a million years ago! We had great weather and the Panthers won. The boys had a great time running around in the field near the tailgate and we enjoyed catching up with friends. I think Shasta (Ben and Liz's RV) was the very last one to leave the lot!
Other fun events:
We all joyfully sat and watched the Panther wrestling practice and wandered around the East Gym looking at old wrestling pictures.
We watched in amazement as Ben scaled a very high fence near a ball diamond.
I convinced Tricia to go to the Goodwill with me and on the way there I convinced her to stop at a garage sale then another and another and....
Whenever Tricia and I shop in Cedar Falls Kevin is like the clock police, timing our every move until we return. Why is that? I am pretty sure it is not because he NEEDS us for anything. Hmmm.... it's a mystery!!!

Halloween Part 2

Another Halloween is over. This year I thought it was going to be horrible weather. It rained all day but at the last minute, the sun came out, making it the perfect weather to go beg for candy I am going to make you sell to the dentist! Ben did not trick-o-treat this year. I think it was due to age as well as his allergy. If you think about it, what fun would it be to have people continually drop candy that could kill you in a bag. He did support his brother and put on his costume from last year for pictures.

Halloween Part 1

We went to our usual pumpkin farm again this year. It is blocks away from our house, it is small and perfect for us. We would rather buy pumpkins from a small farm and people who are sort of our neighbors.
Part 2- costumes and trick o treating ----coming soon!